Mississippi

Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 150

Mississippi Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Mississippi that wants to do business in Rhode Island files Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your Mississippi records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

Mississippi and Rhode Island side by side

	Mississippi formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	$25	$319 at order (filing fee $310 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.ms.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	April 15	May 1
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Mississippi companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Mississippi certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25) is ordered from Mississippi separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island wants the Mississippi certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form 150
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Mississippi name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Mississippi issues the certificate instantly, so the Rhode Island filing can go in the same day. After approval, your Mississippi corporation is registered with Rhode Island.

First-year cost, Mississippi to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, paid to Mississippi	$25
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Mississippi certificate included	$543

Will your Mississippi name work for Rhode Island?

If another Rhode Island company uses the Mississippi name, an alternate name is allowed. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Your Rhode Island agent and the Mississippi one

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Mississippi says registered agent. Rhode Island papers come to us; Mississippi's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Mississippi

Each year your corporation files Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Mississippi plus Rhode Island comes to $224 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Mississippi files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in Mississippi

A corporation formed in Rhode Island that registers with Mississippi files Form F0002 with $500 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Mississippi owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Mississippi business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Rhode Island issues one to Mississippi corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the Rhode Island registration cost?

$518 at checkout plus $25 to Mississippi for the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, $543 in all (checkout is $319 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Mississippi's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($25), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Rhode Island?

$224 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $25 to Mississippi and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

Yes: the Mississippi registered agent stays, and ours covers Rhode Island for year one, with a street address there.

Will Rhode Island accept my Mississippi name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Mississippi name at home.

Can I form a new Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

Mississippi companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside Mississippi's filings.

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